James Whalan
Owner at JMW Engineering, specialising in personalised custom work for anything off road and fulfilling local engineering needs by performing general repairs, maintenance and fabrication on a wide variety of equipment and machinery.
Husband and father of 2 children.
‘Through JMW and URC I pretty much live and breathe rock crawling for better or worse. I’ve been involved in the off-road scene one way or another for many years as a competitor or helping with other events.
I have had many 4wds over the years starting with a V8 Hilux, then onto a cut down short wheelbase 40series to a coil sprung 45 series with v6 that competed in numerous events. I then built the JMW40 series complete with hummer portals atlas transfer and front and rear steer. I currently run a tube buggy build to spec with portals 9inch diffs and a removable body for different events its affectionately known as the rental as its also been driven in many events by others with great success. I am working on a single seat moon buggy style crawler to be debuted soon.
I love the technical aspect of Rock crawling in general and love the reaction of people not realising what these vehicles are capable of. I’m looking forward to the future of rock crawling in Australia, the culture it brings and the relationships formed from driving in events and socialising with others who share my passion’.
